Embrace Your Freedom Fully Today

We often picture God’s will for our lives like a thin, definitive line. A tightrope we must walk carefully and with the utmost caution. One wrong step and we’ll surely fall. And when we do, we’ll mess up our future forever.

But when we come to know Jesus, our life is not a tightrope but a wide, open space of grace. We have so much room to breathe, to grow, to learn. God knows we are human. He knows we will take detours, face obstacles, and make mistakes. If he were committed to using only those of us who never stray, then no human would ever be part of his plan.

The fear of not getting it just right can paralyze us. We stand with our toes on that imaginary tightrope, perfectly still, and we miss out on so much of what could be. We miss the invitation from the One calling us to his side.

You are made to move in grace—not to be held in place by fear. You are guided by love and by a God who can redirect you as many times as needed. You only need to be willing to follow where he wants you to go. He will do the rest. Life is meant to be a glorious adventure, not a continual test in which one slipup means you fail.

It’s okay to move forward, my friend. It’s okay to try something and see how it goes. If it works and God affirms it, do more of it. If it doesn’t, simply try something else.

Welcome to the Coffee for Your Heart weekly link-up!

You’re an encourager so I’m asking you to pour out a little love with your words every Wednesday {link-up goes live at 5:30am CST}. Simply write an encouraging blog post and then share it here with us. If you don’t have a blog, you can still come by holleygerth.com to read the posts and join in too.

If you’d like a writing prompt to get you going, here’s a list I created just for you: 30 Writing Prompts.

Pretty please use this new button in your post so others can easily join in with us {html code in right sidebar}…
And when you link up your post, take a moment to leave an encouraging comment on the one that’s linked up just before yours. Thanks, friends!

i love the picture of this life not being a tightrope. I wish I knew this or framed it in my mind’s eye a long time ago. I literally think I have thought this and everyone knows you can’t walk a tight rope forever. It reminds me of the parable of the talents. The ten and five talent guys weren’t afraid and doubled their talents, but that one who had just one was afraid and in the end even that talent was taken. Their Master gave them pretty free range to do with the talents what they thought best (no tightrope – just fruit) but that one scaredy cat his got swallowed up in the literal dirt of fear.
Thank you for this idea of the tightrope being what Christianity is not. Maybe I would loosen up some if i thought that, really 🙂

Holley,
I especially love what you point out about life being an adventure and not a continual test to see where I can slip up. I feel sometimes that I have to do things perfectly and God is showing me that there is no perfect way for most of what I fear. Love your words today!

Thank you Holley for posting, “Embracing your Freedom.” What an inspirational post and so encouraging. So often, I have hesitated to do something; finding out later that I passed by a golden opportunity.

This is the week my family makes the transition into the school years and the week I return to the workforce after being a stay at home mom for several years and I’m struggling my way through guilt and fear that seem irrational but that I just can’t shake off. And then, this morning:

“You are made to move in grace—not to be held in place by fear. You are guided by love and by a God who can redirect you as many times as needed. You only need to be willing to follow where he wants you to go. He will do the rest. Life is meant to be a glorious adventure, not a continual test in which one slipup means you fail.

It’s okay to move forward, my friend. It’s okay to try something and see how it goes. If it works and God affirms it, do more of it. If it doesn’t, simply try something else.

Oh Holley, I needed this today. I often feel like God’s will is a thin line and sometimes I have difficulty seeing where the line is. Thank you for reminding me his grace is sufficient. When I seek Him, I will always find grace.

Grace is such a gift. I love what you wrote, “you were made to move in grace”. Grace is always close to my lips when I am speaking in to the hearts of others but rarely for myself. Thanks for the reminder to not just move in it but be fully drenched in the ocean of possibilities that grace provides!
Blessings,
Dawn

Beautiful words for us to hear today. Thanks so much! Obstacles can be fears if you let them, but what lies ahead of us is God who is bigger than all that. I’m preaching to myself here…Alaska next week. I’ve been thinking on all those flight connections!

Thanks for the encouragement. It was so right where I am at. It seems like God is taking me in another direction in my life and I am trying so hard to follow wondering if I am going in the right direction. This has given me the reassurance I needed to let go and follow in faith.

I prayed about 2 hours ago that God would give me a word about my fears I am struggling with now. And this post is such a quick and blessed answer from the Lord. Thank you for your sweet encouragement!

So good how God leads in parallel thoughts – just wrote (and linked above) the whole idea of God’s will for our lives – so fluid due to His creativity. Loved your reminders of God’s grace and forgiveness as we seek Him, fall, seek again. Blessings on you, holley.

Hi Holly. thank you so much for being the mouth piece of love and hope. For baring your soul each day to encourage others. Yoy have given me the courage to get my writing out there too. I started a facebook page called Learningtoloveme and soon a blog just over the weekend. its been phenomenal. Thank you for picture. They are so of God. I post one daily with a message on the page. I bless Jesus for you sister gal!

WOW! So much encouraging truth in a short post! “Love the visual of dancing with my Partner in a wide open space of grace. Such joy, freedom, and peace of mind, knowing he’ll reign me in if I wander too far afield–especially as I keep my spiritual eyes on him. Thank you, Holley!

Hi, Holley,
WOW!!! How perfect was this ‘Embracing Your Freedom’ post for me today. I’ve been going through a rough time with some major transition decisions in my life. I’m so obsessed with doing everything perfectly the first time that I’ve been very stressed and weepy lately. Praise the Lord for your word in this post! This was from the very heart of The Lord to my heart.
Thank you for sharing this with all of us.